Select Resources and Tools that Support your Student Centered Learning, your Content Area, and your Pedagogical approach.... How will your students create, collaborate, communicate and critically think??
Click on the tool link below to access tutorials & more information about these resources in order to build your own capacity & consider incorporating these tools into your current curricula. There are Many, Many more resources out there: these are just a few. REMEMBER, just pick a few to start, use them, and grow over time!
Cross Curricular Web Based Resources
Curriki- is a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a not-for-profit organization that is building the first and only Internet site for Open Source Curriculum (OSC), which provides universal access to free curricula and instructional materials grades K-12.
Internet Archive- is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books.
InfuseLearning - is a virtual learning and assessment tool where you can ask questions, create open ended tasks, and even ask students to draw their responses. You can also give per-prepared quizzes (self paced and timed), set up classes and push out content. (PleaseNOTE that Internet Explore does not support this online tool) [link to mini tutorial page].
Smithsonian Channel - is a joint venture of the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime explores the history of our planet, life and culture.
Thinkfinity - offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources across ALL content areas. The resources are grade-specific and are aligned with and CC.
Cross Curricular Web Based Tools |All tools listed have been used and/or modeled in sessions within this wikispace.
Blekko - a spam/ad free search engine for research.
Diigois two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.
Clea.nr- tired of YouTube adds and popups? Afraid of what will pop up after the video you shared in class? This tool will clean ALL the adds and additional information from the page and ONLY shows the video. YouTube blocked? Download iLivid to capture videos to your computer for easy access.
Content Specific Tools and Resources |
American Memory - from the Library of Congress, provides free media, content and "Today in History" links for all grade levels.
Capzles - an interactive site allowing students to create visual timelines with photos,video, music, blogs and documents.
DocsTeach - thousands of historical documents from the National Archives. Plus, ready-to-use activities to pair with the documents. Search by historical era or make your own activity.
EdHeads.org - is an online resource providing engaging web simulations and activities. Current activities focus on simulated surgical procedures, cell phone design (with market research), simple and compound machines, and weather prediction.
GeoGebra - Free mathematics software for learning and teaching offering interactive geometry, algebra and spreadsheets. [Geogebra Tube - the official repository of Gorgebra constructs and resources).
Gooru- This free resource library of standards-aligned collections helps educators access rich, multimedia open education resources for students from grade five through high school.Teachers and Students accounts.
HippoCampus.org - includes free educational resources including video presentations and test prep for Math and Science high school curriculum.
MEDtropolis- features access to health calculators and the multimedia virtual body tour with drag-and-drop activities.
NYPL Digital Gallery - provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photos and more.
PhET - provides dozens of fantastic simulations for physics, chemistry and biology. The website also includes a collection of teacher contributed activities, lab experiences, homework assignments and conceptual questions that can be used with the simulations.
ReadWriteThink - provides educators with best practices and interactive resources for reading, literacy, research, inquiry and analysis, organizing and summarizing, etc. Organized by themes, grade level, and ability.
SciShow- is all about teaching scientific concepts in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner. This YouTube channel includes a variety of short (3 minute) and long (10 minute) videos. New videos are released weekly.
Zinn Education Project - offers free, downloadable U.S. History lessons and articles organized by theme, time period and reading level.
Social Networks Worth Checking Out | Based on Your Feedback
Have a upcoming lesson/project and can't find the right tool/resource to support? Sign up for a one-on-one meeting on April 25th and we will discuss and find options to support your need.
Click on the tool link below to access tutorials & more information about these resources in order to build your own capacity & consider incorporating these tools into your current curricula.
There are Many, Many more resources out there: these are just a few. REMEMBER, just pick a few to start, use them, and grow over time!
Cross Curricular Web Based Resources
Curriki- is a play on the words 'curriculum' and 'wiki', is a not-for-profit organization that is building the first and only Internet site for Open Source Curriculum (OSC), which provides universal access to free curricula and instructional materials grades K-12.
Internet Archive - is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books.
Smithsonian Channel - is a joint venture of the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime explores the history of our planet, life and culture.Cross Curricular Web Based Tools | All tools listed have been used and/or modeled in sessions within this wikispace.
Blekko - a spam/ad free search engine for research.
Penzu - An online journaling tool.
Padlet- A sticky-note collaborative sharing space. (Previously known as WallWisher)
Slide Rocket - A cloud based presentation tool.
Clea.nr - tired of YouTube adds and popups? Afraid of what will pop up after the video you shared in class? This tool will clean ALL the adds and additional information from the page and ONLY shows the video.
YouTube blocked? Download iLivid to capture videos to your computer for easy access.
Content Specific Tools and Resources |
Capzles - an interactive site allowing students to create visual timelines with photos,video, music, blogs and documents.
CoboCards - digital flashcard creator.
MEDtropolis- features access to health calculators and the multimedia virtual body tour with drag-and-drop activities.
Social Networks Worth Checking Out | Based on Your Feedback
EdLeaders 21 - a professional network of 21st Century Education LeadersAlliance for Excellent Education
Connected Educators Professional Learning Network
English Companion NING- a social network of English Language Arts Educators
Educational Networking.com- list of networks for educators
Pinterest Education- how to use this popular social networking tool to find new resources, ideas and tools in education
Twitter 4 Teachers - a wiki created to easily help educators connect with other educators via Twitter
Have a upcoming lesson/project and can't find the right tool/resource to support?
Sign up for a one-on-one meeting on April 25th and we will discuss and find options to support your need.